Maryland Home Guards

Item Info

Title:
Maryland Home Guards
Date:
1848 to 1849
Description:

  • Circular letter addressed to the people of Maryland with the byline "We know our rights, and we will defend them!" The Middletown Home Guards and the Frederick Home Guards state that they refuse to give up their arms, despite a newly passed resolution by the Maryland legislature which states that the Governor is to disarm the Home Guards. Each group says they will keep hold to their arms to the death.

  • Folder: MD4

Location:
Subject:
Format:
circular letters
Language:
English
Extent:
1 scan
Digital Collection:
Broadsides and Ephemera Collection
Rights:
Free Re-Use
Public Domain
Identifier:
  • 002067223
  • duke:467572
  • bdsmd40983
  • ark:/87924/r4bp0091k
  • 5a04e250-b415-46af-9980-fb36f0a9d251
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